Na Solomon Chesmen
ʻO ka Solomonic Chessmen, ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Solomon Chessmen, he ʻāpana kū hoʻokahi a me ka mōʻaukala o nā ʻāpana chess i hopu i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe hoihoi a me nā ʻohi ʻohi no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ke kumu o ka Solomonic Chessmen ua uhi ʻia i ka pohihihi, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ua hana ʻia lākou i ka wā kahiko, aia paha i ke kenekulia 12 a i ʻole 13.
Kapa ʻia ma hope o ke aliʻi Solomona
Ua kapa ʻia ka Solomonic Chessmen ma muli o ke aliʻi ʻo Solomona, ke aliʻi Baibala o ka ʻIseraʻela i kaulana no kona naʻauao a me kona waiwai. Ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻokumu ʻia nā ʻāpana chess ma luna o nā huaʻōlelo Baibala a me nā hiʻohiʻona mai ke Kauoha Kahiko, e like me King David, ka Mōʻīwahine o Seba, a me nā Wise Men of the East. He mea kakaikahi kēia kumumanaʻo hoʻomana i ka mōʻaukala o nā papa chess, e hana ana i ka Solomonic Chessmen he ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa maoli a kupaianaha o ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i kālai ʻia a hoʻonani ʻia me nā kikoʻī paʻakikī, e like me ka ʻokiʻoki ʻana i ka hulu ma nā ʻaʻahu o ka Mōʻī a me nā kikoʻī koʻikoʻi o nā mane o nā lio ma luna o nā naita.
He nani nō hoʻi nā ʻāpana, me nā ʻāpana maʻamau i hana ʻia i kahi mea ʻulaʻula a me nā mea hoʻonaninani i hana ʻia i kahi mea ʻeleʻele, e like me ka ebony a i ʻole i ʻelepani.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻāpana ma mua o nā ʻāpana chess maʻamau. ʻO kēia ka mea i ʻike maikaʻi ʻia lākou ma ka chessboard a maʻalahi hoʻi e ʻike ʻia e nā mea pāʻani, ʻoi aku ka poʻe me nā maka ʻilihune.
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka Solomonic Chessmen e like me ka Staunton Chess Set. ʻO kēia kekahi ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi loa o nā pūʻulu piha o ka Solomonic Chessmen e mau nei. Ua nalowale ka hapa nui o nā pūʻulu i ka manawa, me ka liʻiliʻi wale nō i koe i loko o nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino a i ʻole nā hale moʻomeheu.